Project Profile
Value: US$730 million
Location: Alexandria, Egypt
Start-up Year: 2015
The project will see the construction of a plant that will crack ethane, breaking it down into the chemical ethylene, which will be used to produce the basic plastic polyethylene. The plant will produce 750,000-1 million tonnes a year of ethylene.
Operators:
The Egyptian Ethylene and Derivatives Co (ETHYDCO): Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
ABB: FEED contract
CB&I Lummus: FEED contract
Linde: FEED contract
Tecnimont Arabia: PMC contract
Joint venture for EPC and commissioning contract:
Toyo Engineering Corp
ENPPI
Sub contractor:
Petrojet: EPC and commissioning for the TOYO-ENPPI joint venture